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Pileated Woodpecker

Scientific name: Dryocopus pileatus

Submitted by:

Rebecca Bell/Briarciff Photography

Spotted at:

Rockefeller State Park

On:

12/24/2021

While normally skittish of humans, this one was unfazed. This species is the largest of its kind (up to 19 inches long). One huge bird!

 

Pileated Woodpecker